RHBA-2012:1272 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kexec-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kexec-tools packages that fix a bug are now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 5.

Description

The kexec fastboot mechanism allows booting a Linux kernel from the context ofan already running kernel. The kexec-tools package provides the /sbin/kexecbinary and ancillary utilities that form the user-space component of thekernel's kexec feature.

This update fixes the following bug:

When one interface was used for a iSCSI boot environment while is other wasused by kdump with the "net" option on, the ifconfig utility caused an error.Consequently, vmcore was not collected in a dump server that stores vmcorespecified in the kdump.conf file. This bug has been fixed and a memory dumpcapture now succeeds by kdump in an iSCSI boot environment. (BZ#822617)

Users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fixthis bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released erratarelevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how touse the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available athttps://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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